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“Lists of Various Parts of the Body,” undated, manuscript,
Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 13. -
“Lists of Various Parts of the Body,” undated, manuscript, page 2.
Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 13. -
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“Miscellaneous Clippings & Whitman's Notes,” Clippings dated 1852, 1853, and 1855, notes Undated. Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 148.
These miscellaneous clippings and notes by Whitman show his obsession with phrenology, physiognomy, and a range of other pseudosciences. Many of the clippings and notes are glued or attached to each other, so that different pieces overlap like a scrapbook. -
“Miscellaneous Clippings & Whitman's Notes,” Clippings dated 1852, 1853, and 1855, notes Undated. Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 148.
These miscellaneous clippings and notes by Whitman show his obsession with phrenology, physiognomy, and a range of other pseudosciences. Many of the clippings and notes are glued or attached to each other, so that different pieces overlap like a scrapbook. -
“Miscellaneous Clippings & Whitman's Notes,” Clippings dated 1852, 1853, and 1855, notes Undated. Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 148.
These miscellaneous clippings and notes by Whitman show his obsession with phrenology, physiognomy, and a range of other pseudosciences. Many of the clippings and notes are glued or attached to each other, so that different pieces overlap like a scrapbook. -
“Miscellaneous Clippings & Whitman's Notes,” Clippings dated 1852, 1853, and 1855, notes Undated. Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 148.
These miscellaneous clippings and notes by Whitman show his obsession with phrenology, physiognomy, and a range of other pseudosciences. Many of the clippings and notes are glued or attached to each other, so that different pieces overlap like a scrapbook.
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“Miscellaneous Clippings & Whitman's Notes,” Clippings dated 1852, 1853, and 1855, notes Undated. Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 148.
These miscellaneous clippings and notes by Whitman show his obsession with phrenology, physiognomy, and a range of other pseudosciences. Many of the clippings and notes are glued or attached to each other, so that different pieces overlap like a scrapbook. -
“Miscellaneous Clippings & Whitman's Notes,” Clippings dated 1852, 1853, and 1855, notes Undated. Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 148.
These miscellaneous clippings and notes by Whitman show his obsession with phrenology, physiognomy, and a range of other pseudosciences. Many of the clippings and notes are glued or attached to each other, so that different pieces overlap like a scrapbook. -
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“My Poems, when complete, should be A Unity,” undated, Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 126.
This writing fragment paired with a newspaper clipping about the unity of the Bible. Translation:
My Poems, when complete, should be A Unity, in the same sense that the earth is, or that the human body (senses, soul, head, trunk, feet, blood, viscera, man-root, eyes, hair,) or that a perfect musical composition is-
Great Constituent Two, viz:
Elements of my Materialism
Poetry. Spirituality
The intellect, the esthetic, is what is to be the medium of these and to beautify,
govern and make serviceable these.
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“Notes for Poems; The Body,” undated, manuscript, Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 30.
This striking draft asks the question, “What do you suppose is the Body,” and exemplifies how many of Whitman’s musings focus on these kinds of questions about our physical form. -
“Notification au condamné de l’arrêt du Conseil de Guerre,” (Notifying the convicted prisoner of the Council of War’s Ruling)
Here, L’Illustration imagines the moment in which Dreyfus was notified of his sentence after his trial had ended. The magazine describes the circumstances of Dreyfus’s notification in great detail later in the issue, explaining that the captain had not been present for the court’s decision. Instead, he was later notified in this salle de greffe, or court registry room, where a letter outlining his condemnation was read aloud to him.
Both this image and the accompanying article in L’Illustration marvel at Dreyfus’s stoic response to this “sad dénouement”: "Captain Dreyfus remained impassive, not a contraction of his face, not a gesture, not a quiver, nothing to indicate the sentiments that would have shaken him during the supreme hour of his terrible punishment, where his honor as a French citizen and soldier remained solemn until the end." -
“Ovation au commandant Esterhazy après l’acquittement,” (Ovation of the Major Esterhazy after his Acquittal)
In 1898, the Affair took a new turn. As early as 1896, Colonel Georges Picquart established that Estherhazy had authored the letter known as the ‘bordereau’—the piece of evidence that sealed Dreyfus’s conviction. From 1896 on, Estherhazy faced a series of trials, court-martials, and covert operations but confirm his guilt, culminating in his acquittal before a closed military court in January 1898. The military repeatedly defended Esterhazy until his 1899 confession that he had in fact written the bordereau. Even then, any dissenting word against him was considered a conspiracy to discredit the army. For the high-ranking military officials, it was better to leave Dreyfus to languish on Devil’s Island than to admit their mistake. -
“Photograph of Reuben Farwell,” undated, Walt Whitman Papers, Box 17.
This photograph of Reuben Farwell, one of the young men Whitman met in the hospitals in Washington, D.C. -
“Phrenology: A Socratic Dialogue," 1846, Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 159.
This clipping of an article discussing phrenology contains annotations by Whitman, including his drawing of a pointing hand. This piece shows Whitman's interest in the popular pseudoscientific dialogues of his day.
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